Cthulhu Gonfalon - Chapter 813

Chapter 813: Vol V Chapter 173

Silence, dead silence.

No one knew how long this silence lasted, but after a while, the God of Justice, Yorgaardman broke the silence. He gave a dry laugh. Then trying his best to sound as casual as possible, he said, “Maybe, it may not be anyone’s doing at all. Maybe the rules of the world just happen to be like that.”

Hearing his words, everyone felt more at ease. But their faces still reflected their worries. And in their hearts, they were still anxious and apprehensive.

Yorgaardman’s speculation was certainly another possibility. Honestly, Sui Xiong even felt that this might, on the contrary, be a likelier possibility. However, compared to the possibility that the Master of Order was the mastermind behind all these, this possibility seemed so plain and ordinary. It lacked the shock factor, and also, there was nothing about it that could shock or terrify people.

This was the same in any world. The more sensational something was, the more attention it would attract. The press on Earth had such a famous saying that said, “It’s not news when a dog bites a man, but it’s big news when a man bites a dog.” To Sui Xiong and company, learning that “there was originally such restrictions on the Main Plane” was not news, nor was it something worthy of their concern. But if it was “the Master of Order had restricted all living creatures from exploring areas by the edges of the Main Plane,” then that would make hair-raising news that was startling enough for them to show concern and worry.

After all… the former was not dangerous while the latter was!

The thought of “this restriction was imposed by the Master of Order” made everyone shudder in fear, and they looked at each other for a long time. Even though Yorgaardman also suggested a more reasonable and safer possibility, it was unable to completely dismiss their fears.

Fortunately, there was one among them who was not afraid.

After a while, Sui Xiong smiled and said, “This looks very interesting. After this combat against the drought is over, I want to go over to the edge of the Main Plane to take a look.”

Everyone was shocked. It was out of their expectations that not only was he unafraid, but he was also even curious.

“By that time, will you still remember this?” Javier asked.

“Of course,” Sui Xiong replied. He smiled and said, “Come to think of it, it’s quite strange indeed. All of you have forgotten about it, but I remember it. It seems as if I was not the least affected.”

The gods were surprised. But after some careful thoughts about it, they were relieved. Given his strength as a great Divine Power, Sui Xiong was able to roam freely about the Main Plane. He did not seem to be restricted by the enchantment left by the Goddess of Life. This was already very amazing. Adding to another area where he was not affected by any restriction was simply no big deal. And it was nothing strange at all.

A more realistic example could be derived from this as well: Before he traversed worlds, Sui Xiong enjoyed reading web novels. There were all kinds of authors who wrote web novels. Among them, there were those who updated their novels with 20 thousand words on a daily basis and did this all year round without fail. There were those who insisted on writing even when they were sick. They were so diligent that their readers were moved to tears. There were also authors who would write a chapter when they were in a good mood or take a break for a few days if they were in a bad mood. There were even those who would start on a book that eventually came to naught. A few days later, they would start on another book, but then it did not take them long before the cycle repeated itself, and the book would disappear without an ending—such a situation was called “eunuch,” which meant “nothing at the bottom.”

A diligent author could update his novel with ten chapters a day, and no one would find this surprising. A lazy author made a eunuch out of a book again, and no one would find this surprising as well.

The same theory was applicable to Sui Xiong. Since he had already broken through one kind of restriction, breaking through another was nothing worth the surprise.

But… this alone was not enough!

“This is not very befitting,” said Javier as he shook his head. “Just because you’re not restricted by the Goddess of Life’s enchantment and have the freedom to use your power on the Main Plane doesn’t mean that you’re able to be free from the restriction of this bizarre rule. Moreover… if the Master of Order was really the one who imposed this restriction, and you go ahead with testing him so impulsively, it’s easy to provoke him.”

“It doesn’t matter even if it’s the Master of Order,” replied Sui Xiong. He smiled and said, “Would it be so easy to provoke someone as senior as him? He’ll at least give me a warning, and at that time, I’ll just have to make my retreat, that’s it.”

“What if he doesn’t give you any warning and makes a move right away?” Javier asked.

“Isn’t the Main Plane enveloped within the enchantment of the Goddess of Life? The moment he strikes once, he’ll definitely be weakened. I might not necessarily be swatted with that palm of his like a housefly,” Sui Xiong said with great indifference.

Javier shook his head and said, “He is a greater Divine Power! No matter how powerful the Goddess of Life is, she’s ultimately not a greater Divine Power. That enchantment may be able to stop everyone, but it will not be able to stop him—though he has never tried before. But at least, I’m sure that the enchantment can’t stop him.”

“What if it can’t stop him, what then?” asked Morani. As someone who seldom spoke up, even Morani could not help but attempted to persuade Sui Xiong. “You want to explore the edge of the Main Plane, which means you definitely have to walk out of the boundary of the enchantment. When you are out of the Main Plane, there’s nothing to stop him anymore!”

Sui Xiong was silent for a moment. Then he laughed aloud, changed the topic, and no longer talked about this matter.

In fact, he was inspired. Something else had come to mind, but it was something that was not very suitable to be openly said.

The way to attempt a breakthrough to becoming a greater Divine Power.

Over the years, he could almost be said to have thoroughly acquainted himself with the legacy of the former Sun God. That legacy was inclusive of almost every domain of power in the world and also had an entire set of knowledge on the power of priesthoods. Though he did not possess the power of various domains like the former Sun God did, nor did he try to have a hand in each and every one of the priesthoods. From his own point of view, there was not much left that he needed to learn.

In other words, his understanding and mastery of the realm of “great Divine Power” had almost reached a bottleneck. In the future, he could certainly continue to make progress, but it would all be in-depth work that was very detailed and time-consuming. It would be nothing more than a mere change in accumulation amount. To achieve qualitative change through the accumulation of quantitative change—the former Sun God had not been able to do so, so Sui Xiong most certainly would not be able to do so. Since ancient times, there had been instances of students surpassing their teachers. But for students who only knew to imitate their teachers, were they able to surpass their teachers?

So he felt that it was, in fact, quite a good idea to find the opportunity to meet the Master of Order. Out of the four greater Divine Powers, the Master of Order was the only one who maintained his true capabilities in good condition.

Through these years, Sui Xiong had only seen the Master of Order in action once. That was when the Goddess of Bumper Harvest had fallen. The Dragon of Chaos had used its blood as bait and launched a terrifying magic array that completely polluted the entire God Kingdom of the Goddess of Bumper Harvest. The endless chaos that had spread out practically implicated the Main Plane. That was when the Master of Order had sprung into action.

At that time, he emitted a circle of white light that neutralized the chaotic atmosphere that the Dragon of Chaos had created with all that effort and blood. So not a single bit of chaos managed to spread beyond the God Kingdom of the Goddess of Bumper Harvest.

In addition, when he was tracing the whereabouts of the “God of Underground Caves,” a black dragon named Cladema, Sui Xiong had met and talked with the Master of Order. At that time, the Master of Order happened to have descended upon Cladema’s God Kingdom.

But through these two encounters with the Master of Order, Sui Xiong did not obtain much information about “greater Divine Power.” The main reason was that he was not strong enough at that time, so he simply could not understand the greatness of its power. He only found it unfathomable.

As the God of Light once said, without enough power, one naturally did not have the qualification to gather information.

Now, Sui Xiong was powerful enough. So he felt that it was time for him to ask for this information.

At least, before the next time he tried to meet with the Master of Order, he should at least have prepared himself well with such information. Therefore, the next day, he sent out a clone of himself to God’s Kingdom of the Human God System to pay the God of Light a visit.